South!

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"One of the most harrowing survival stories of all time"—Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect StormVeteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance has long captured the public imagination. South is his own first-hand account of this epic adventure.As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival. And as the story of their journey across treacherous seas and a wilderness of glaciers and snow fields unfolds, the scale of their courage and heroism becomes movingly clear.* First time published as a Penguin Classic* Includes a selection of Frank Hurley's famous photographs* Features a new Introduction by Fergus Fleming

subjects: British,  Discovery and exploration,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917),  Travel,  Shackleton, ernest henry, sir, 1874-1922,  Antarctica, discovery and exploration,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917,  Irish,  Diaries,  Journeys,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Endurance (Ship),  Nonfiction,  Biography & Autobiography,  History,  Antarctica,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. fast (OCoLC)fst01409297,  Discoveries in geography,  Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917),  Imperial Trans,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) fast (OCoLC)fst01409297,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99001019,  Explorers,  Journaux intimes,  Survie (après accidents d'avion, naufrages, etc.),  Antarctique,  Découverte et exploration britanniques,  Polar regions,  Children's fiction,  Sea stories,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Polar regions, description and travel,  Nature,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) (NOBLE)28957,  Shipwrecks,  Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.,  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99001019 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no99001019

People: Ernest Henry Shackleton Sir (1874-1922),  Ernest Shackleton Sir (1874-1922)

Places: Antarctica